Air traffic controllers are considered essential workers and required to work without pay during the shutdown, but there are ...

Around 10,800 air traffic controllers nationwide are working with without pay amid a shutdown of the federal government, but ...

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been ...

The effect at this stage is unknowable. Ahead of the now-postponed September strike, Ryanair warned that 700 flights with a ...

There was only a "slight increase" in sick leave at two facilities in Virginia and Florida that handle high-altitude traffic, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. But it was enough to ...

The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained ...

The president turned down a meeting with Democratic leadership until the government reopens as the shutdown continues for the ...

Air traffic controllers will continue to work under strain as the government shutdown drags on, according to the head of the union that represents them. "What they're working under is one of the ...

A nationwide shortage of air-traffic controllers is straining operations at Nashville International Airport. The airport's control tower is understaffed and uses aging technology, increasing safety ...

Air traffic control towers have been in the headlines this year, likely more than anyone (both in the industry and travelers alike) would have wanted them to be. A tragic accident in understaffed air ...